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Where was Henry David Thoreau born?

Concord, Massachusetts. Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord on July 12, 1817.

Henry David Thoreau attended:

Harvard. Henry David Thoreau attended Harvard, where he majored in English Literature.

Which writer was a close friend of Thoreau?

Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson gave Thoreau a small piece of his land to live on.

Thoreau's occupation was:

all of these and others (pencilmaker, teacher, carpenter). Thoreau had many other jobs. He wasn't the 'average' teacher, so he was fired. He improved and expanded his family's pencilmaking business.

Thoreau lived here for two years:

Walden Pond. Thoreau built a one-room house. He would write, garden, and entertain guests.

In 1854, a book about his two years of living in a one-room house was published. What was the book's title?

Walden. Walden is a wonderful book. If you want to learn more about Thoreau's way of thinking, read it.

Finish this quote: 'It takes a man to make a room ____'

silent.. 'It takes a man to make a room silent.' is from: Journal, Feb.9, 1839.

Thoreau died at the age of 44 after a hard time with:

tuberculosis.. Thoreau is buried on Author's Ridge at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord.

How was Thoreau involved with slavery?

He helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.. Thoreau often spoke out against slavery and other injustice.

What type of writer was Henry David Thoreau?

transcendentalist. Thoreau and many of his friends, including Bronson Alcott, Ellery Channing, Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne, were into nonconformist thinking.